My new oppinion on the lasher: I love it!

[Jaged]

When the lasher was first patched, I hated it. I could no longer use my cheap JH tactics. After a few days of this, I have adapted. Now I am playing better than ever and having a lot more fun. I enjoy the challenge. The only thing that irks me is the large drop in NC players. Most people probably don't want all the turncoats on their side, but I do. All the guns we can get on the field help.

[hiphop4321]

let the turncoats go, we will all become better NC and team players now because of them

[Aegis]

all HA sucks, but if you dont have it and you're a grunt then you'll always struggle. I think the MCG is reasonable, the JH needs a small nerf and the Lasher needs a large nerf.

[Sandman]

lasher hardly needs a nerf, its just that there are so many of those traitoring newbies that switch teams when 1 of the other teams gets an upgrades, and you play on werner, werner has always been VS owned. get used to it.

[Sandman]

oh and if you want to win as NC go to emerald

[Aegis]

Werner isnt really VS owned, they seem to have a lot of players that play from midnight onwards when there's virtually none of the other factions, so every night they take almost the whole of Auraxis then everyday TR and NC take it back. Funny situation.

My VS alt is on emerald and we were owning the NC and TR on Amerish yesterday, fighting both at once on two front with probably all three at pop lock. I'm not a particularly good grunt, but even i was avergaing five kills per death, maybe a bit more. I'll live with it though, my NC char has nothing to fear and it'll be changed next patch, just hope they dont power up the JH and MCG to catch up.

[Sandman]

how long have you been playing? i have played since about 1 week after release and very rarely does anyone except vanu win on werner. Emerald used to be TR owned till the got nerfed and then most people switched to NC then they starting owning emerald. Now its pretty even but NC will most likely win, or TR. I have seen VS win 1 time on emerald since the new patch(i know it hasnt been long since patch) but other than that i dont recall vanu ever winning on emerald, just TR and NC.

[Jaged]

I am not saying that the lasher is not over powered, don't get me wrong. That thing is way to powerful and should still be nerfed. I was just saying that I enjoyed a little challenge for a change. Unfortunately, now the vanu have no real challenge in the game. Saying the lasher is not overpowered is arrogant. For that matter, the JH is also overpowered. I still think they should all be brought down to MCG level.

[Sandman]

In my last post i was talking to Aegis, but yes i think it would be nice if they changed the JH and lasher to MCG level, then we wouldnt did right when we open a door. Or they should put the MCG up to JH and lasher level.

[Jaged]

But the JH and lasher are not level.

[Kikinchikin]

NC havent won on emerald in a while. like 5 or 6 days?

basically since the patch theyve been getting gang banged. hell last night on cyssor the TR had some sort of truce with the Vanu. We sandwhiched the poor bastard smurfs and forced em out...

[Cease]

They "lashing" damage seems to be either buggy or a little over the top. Several times while standing off to the side of a door.. not visable to anyone in the ajoining room I was getting hit by the lashers flying out of the door. I was taking considerable amount of damage and it was doing a number on my armor while never being directly hit. All the VS had to do was step out of the room and breathe on me to pretty much kill me.

[Celedon]

Finally, a response I like to this patch outrage...

I'm just going to say the Lasher is ridiculous. You want to argue fine, I'm not going to listen. I do love reading the arguments between the Smurf whiners and the Barney whiners though. Notice you don't see any TR's whining because (A) The whiners left long ago to become smurfs, and (B) we know it's hopeless for us so what's the point.

My main problem with the Lasher is the game is just not that fun anymore. Sure, I could jump ship but what's the fun of that either. A game I thought I'd never leave and couldn't understand all the whining about, I can barely play anymore because it's nothing but frustrating. And we TR's have been getting owned by the smurfs and their JH since I started. Gimme the JH over a lasher any day. At least with the JH, their is a way to get an advantage. The only way to beat a lasher is at medium to long range, and at that point you get run over by their magmowers or shot by the snipers. If it stays not fun, then what's the point.

It's not a matter of numbers either. I've faced lesser numbers of VS since the patch, and we continually get owned. The only fights the TR have one on Markov since the patch are the unopposed ones. Half my outfit wants to jump ship. That's not my answer.

That being said, I think all smurfs and all terrans should ally themseves against the now overpowered and overpopulated barneys. If it's stuck with, the devs change the game quick. Personally, I think all the HA should be scaled back to just slightly more effective than MA, and dropped to 3 certs.

I don't want a twitch instant kill game, ESPECIALLY with a client side hit detection that rewards the lagger. I want strategy, slow and methodical combat where taking cover, aim, and crouching should have the advantage. Gimme Ghost Recon over Quake any day. But that's just my opinion.

In the meantime I propose a smurf-elmo alliance to crush those Barneys till they're crying in a corner singing "I Love You"

Out.

[TheRegurgitator]

i was standing behind a window taunting a vanu with a lasher and he backed up and fired at the window and i got damaged. ????

[gunner_uk2000]

i like the new lasher, because as a reaver pilot, i find it hard to spot targets, but if you fire the lasher, i can see you a mile off. (which means a volly of rockets will be coming your way )

that said i would want to meet it on the ground.